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Against Domestic Violence and Abuse – ADVA Partnership, Devon Why focus on men and their behaviour? Historical and institutional context Criminal Justice System : 96.4% of dv incidents did not lead to conviction –869 incidents, 222 arrests, 60 charged, 31 convicted, 4 custodial sentences The CJ system treats non-domestic violence more seriously in terms of custodial sentences (Hester) Men are seeking help from agencies but are not being referred to appropriate services

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Against Domestic Violence and Abuse – ADVA Partnership, Devon REPAIR Programme 5 modules, each module has six sessions. The focus of the 5 modules is on the following forms of abusive behaviour: 1) intimidation, coercion and threats 2) emotional abuse 3) male privilege 4) sexual abuse 5) using children and abusive parenting Programme flexibility enables depth. The belief is that to generate genuine change to our identity is an emotional as well as a cognitive process.

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Against Domestic Violence and Abuse – ADVA Partnership, Devon REPAIR key messages so far Reaching men early in their cycle of abuse Women’s safety increases as new catchment group who continue with support Risk-assessment critical to measure motivation and potential success Inter-agency panel improves joint management of risk in the community and criminal justice system

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Against Domestic Violence and Abuse – ADVA Partnership, Devon Implications The unit cost £8,000 per annum Is this a more cost-effective family intervention model than supporting one child in need, per year, costing £6,240? Potential for differential programmes/interventions based on assessment & risk 22% of men referred reach the full programme. What about the other 78%?

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Against Domestic Violence and Abuse – ADVA Partnership, Devon Perpetrator ‘types’ Group 1 – ‘one incident’ group. One dv incident recorded by police (31.4%) Group 2 – ‘mainly non-dv’ group. One dv incident, arrested for non-dv offences (17.4%) Group 3 – ‘dedicated repeat dv’ perps. A number of dv incidents recorded, but no other offences (17.4%) Group 4 – ‘all round repeat offenders’. Had a number of dv incidents recorded, and also been arrested for non-dv offence (33.8%)